People hospitalized for a debilitating migraine should receive targeted nerve blocks rather than IV opioids to quell their pain, a major update of treatment guidelines suggests. Doctors should use a ...

Doctors should use a nerve block injection to stop pain signals from thrumming through the occipital nerves located near the top of the spine, a report published in Headache: The Journal of Head and ...

A newly discovered neuron-released enzyme could transform pain treatment and reveal deeper secrets of how the brain learns. Credit: Shutterstock Researchers found that neurons release an enzyme, VLK, ...

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy, a condition in which diabetes mellitus damages nerves in the body, leading to chronic pain, affects roughly 37 million people in the United States and 460 million ...

We investigated the reference values of the dorsal ulnar cutaneous nerve (DUC) sensory nerve conduction (SNC) in 66 healthy individuals. Measurements were processed using stimulating electrodes ...

The Red Sox announced this afternoon that right-hander Liam Hendriks underwent successful right elbow ulnar nerve transposition surgery today, as relayed by MassLive’s Chris Cotillo. A timeline for ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohioans on Medicare who rely on steroid injections to manage pain may have to wait longer for treatment next year while an AI program approves or declines care. That’s because claims ...

CHRONIC PAIN wrecks the lives of more than 600m people around the world. One in five adults struggles with it. What causes it, however, is often a mystery. The prevailing hypothesis is that, after an ...

Pain is our body’s way of letting us know that something is wrong. For many people living with chronic illness, pain alerts us that our disease is flaring and that we need medical treatment. While we ...

When I first notice a pimple on my face, my instinct is to pick and peel at my skin until the pimple pops or crusts over (a habit that often leaves some acne scars behind). Over the years, I’ve ...